[Bug] Sovereign Cloning

Clone the Sovereign for Fun and Profit

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I noticed today it is possible to "Clone" your Sovereign by hitting Ctrl + C. I thought those were the keys to get rid of the Fog of War but obviously they aren't. I imagine it's possible to "Clone" all the units in this manner. I didn't include a DxDiag or a DeBug.err as this was not a "crash bug". If you'd like them anyway just say so and I'll reproduce the bug and post them.

Sovereign Clones

I only bring this up because it's something that definitely has to be disabled before release or everyone will be making free clone armies. If someone gets a Dragon they'll clone it and have a whole army of Dragons. Game balance will go spinning down the drain faster then Drain-O Scrubbing Bubbles..lol.

Note: I also notice the "Gray World" bug is still there. In the game before this I was defeated by a Troll. I started a new game and the map and everything on it were "grayed" out and only the UI was present.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

You can move around with the clones as well? Because I have reported a sorta similar bug a while ago, but in that case I was unable to move with the "clones".

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I could move them yes. I didn't try combat with them though. I had a friend  show up at around the same time so I exited the game without finishing.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

This is one of the many debug tools.  Here are some more:

CTRL+I    -    All inventory items.
CTRL+K    -    Kill.  Works on Towns only.
CTRL+L    -    Color sliders for Sovereign?
CTRL+P    -    Experience.
CTRL+T    -    Transport unit to cursor.
CTRL+U    -    Reveal Map.
CTRL+X    -    Toggle UI.

I think I was threatened with a stabbing by straw if I were to report use of these as bugs.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

* Boogiebac makes a mental note to remove these ASAP *

O:)  

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Please don't remove CTRL+U unless you don't want us to report any more map oddities.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting BoogieBac, reply 4
* Boogiebac makes a mental note to remove these ASAP *

 
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Don't make me post it again...ScottyDon't!! lol :P

Seriously though, for the sake of beta testing some of them "maybe?" should be left in. Finding a irregular map is much easier when you don't have to explore the whole thing. Once that bug is gone then by all means take it out so we can test exploring properly. Ctrl+X to remove the UI could be used to better show screen shots of bugs not related to the UI.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Hmmm...I guess we can keep them in...for now. ;)

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting BoogieBac, reply 7
Hmmm...I guess we can keep them in...for now.
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That's good stuff brother. Don't forget to take out the cloning though ;)